1774 - 1846
William John Coffee (1774–1846) was an internationally renowned English artist and sculptor who worked in porcelain, plaster, and terra cotta. He also worked in oil paint, although this was not the medium for which he became famous. His early career was as a modeller for William Duesbury at the china factory on Nottingham Road in Derby, England. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of W. J. Coffee has received more than 18,507 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. W. J. Coffee is the 186th most popular sculptor (down from 142nd in 2019), the 3,301st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,471st in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Sculptor.
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Among sculptors, W. J. Coffee ranks 186 out of 189. Before him are Fritz Wotruba, Gerhard Marcks, Jens Galschiøt, Jacob Epstein, Barry Flanagan, and Ara Shiraz. After him are Rudolph Schadow, Louise Nevelson, Stepan Erzia, Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg, Franz West, and Lola Mora.
1907 - 1975
HPI: 47.84
Rank: 180
1889 - 1981
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 181
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 182
1880 - 1959
HPI: 47.74
Rank: 183
1941 - 2009
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 184
1941 - 2014
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 185
1774 - 1846
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 186
1786 - 1822
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 187
1899 - 1988
HPI: 46.72
Rank: 188
1876 - 1959
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 189
1805 - 1867
HPI: 46.45
Rank: 190
1947 - 2012
HPI: 46.26
Rank: 191
1866 - 1936
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 192
Among people born in 1774, W. J. Coffee ranks 34. Before him are Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, Edward Charles Howard, Frederick IV, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Elizabeth Ann Seton, Juan Aldama, and Johann Jakob Bernhardi. After him are Luis Eduardo Pérez, John Colter, André Marie Constant Duméril, and Robert Jameson. Among people deceased in 1846, W. J. Coffee ranks 24. Before him are Giuseppe Acerbi, Bagyidaw, Joseph Weigl, Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent, Princess Amalie of Hesse-Homburg, and Wilhelm Küchelbecker. After him are Charles Alexandre Lesueur, Jan Frans Willems, Thomas Clarkson, José María Calatrava y Peinado, and Jane Irwin Harrison.
1774 - 1842
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 28
1774 - 1816
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 29
1774 - 1825
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 30
1774 - 1821
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 31
1774 - 1811
HPI: 47.99
Rank: 32
1774 - 1850
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 33
1774 - 1846
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 34
1774 - 1841
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 35
1774 - 1812
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 36
1774 - 1860
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 37
1774 - 1854
HPI: 44.32
Rank: 38
1773 - 1846
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 18
1784 - 1846
HPI: 50.64
Rank: 19
1766 - 1846
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 20
1778 - 1846
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 21
1774 - 1846
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 22
1797 - 1846
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 23
1774 - 1846
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 24
1778 - 1846
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 25
1793 - 1846
HPI: 44.46
Rank: 26
1760 - 1846
HPI: 44.01
Rank: 27
1781 - 1846
HPI: 42.73
Rank: 28
1804 - 1846
HPI: 39.36
Rank: 29
Among people born in United Kingdom, W. J. Coffee ranks 3,301 out of 7,765. Before him are Sax Rohmer (1883), Henry Salt (1780), Mark Hughes (1963), Peter Cook (1936), Tyson Fury (1988), and Henry Litolff (1818). After him are David Jason (1940), Ron Moody (1924), Murray Walker (1923), Eric Sykes (1923), Peter Scott (1909), and Jon Pertwee (1919).
1883 - 1959
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 3,295
1780 - 1827
HPI: 47.28
Rank: 3,296
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 3,297
1936 - Present
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 3,298
1988 - Present
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 3,299
1818 - 1891
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 3,300
1774 - 1846
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 3,301
1940 - Present
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 3,302
1924 - 2015
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 3,303
1923 - 2021
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 3,304
1923 - 2012
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 3,305
1909 - 1989
HPI: 47.24
Rank: 3,306
1919 - 1996
HPI: 47.23
Rank: 3,307
Among sculptors born in United Kingdom, W. J. Coffee ranks 10. Before him are Tony Cragg (1949), Eduardo Paolozzi (1924), Anthony Caro (1924), Andy Goldsworthy (1956), Antony Gormley (1950), and Barry Flanagan (1941). After him are Francis Leggatt Chantrey (1781) and Ronald Pope (1920).
1949 - Present
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 4
1924 - 2005
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 5
1924 - 2013
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 6
1956 - Present
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 7
1950 - Present
HPI: 48.01
Rank: 8
1941 - 2009
HPI: 47.70
Rank: 9
1774 - 1846
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 10
1781 - 1841
HPI: 42.21
Rank: 11
1920 - 1997
HPI: 40.62
Rank: 12